It’s been a while dear readers. It’s been almost a year in fact since I last made a hitch sign, forced (not against my wishes) to temporarily settle down, and – for the time being at least – hang up my thumb. But time waits for no man, and so once again I step …
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Hitchhike to India leg 54: Bangkok to Chumphon
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Elephants, the Death Railway, and an emotional family story
Within moments of booking our flight to Thailand, we were researching something we’ve both separately wanted to do for years: spending a day with elephants. Now we’re both very conscientious about this kind of thing, and we did plenty of investigating to find a legitimate, ethical, reputable sanctuary where the care of the animals comes …
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Hitchhike to India leg 53: Bishkek to Bangkok
Well the time has finally arrived. There’s no more beating about the Bishkek. As I’ve continually mentioned, China still weren’t budging on their no visa for a land border crossing bullshit. If I was going to enter the country I would need to fly home, pick up a visa and fly back. Madness. Instead I …
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Halloween, birthday weekend and the visit of someone who looks like me
Pictures say a thousand words. With that in mind, here’s my post update for the week ending the 30th October. Partly due to the fact I’m so damn lazy to write much about it, and I want to get on to my current adventures and where I am right now. My twin came out to …
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Come in number 5 – your time is up: health and visa nightmares in Kyrgyzstan
I haven’t written anything for what seems like an age. That’s because it has been an age. Why this is I know not, save for the fact that I guess I’ve been a little jaded with it all and I really haven’t been bothered. Travel has been shut down, I’ve not really been getting up …
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Responsibility Part Two: Shakespeare with Kids
I was 19 when I went to drama school. I had a silver metal pencil-case with a Shakespeare quote on it – the letters of which I’d stuck on myself in ‘black gothic’ font. “Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.” Man I thought I was so cool. Lifted from my …
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Responsibility Part One: Camping with Kids
I should be in China now right? Hell I should be in India – but tell me something I don’t know. Apologies to sound like a broken record, but the visa situation hasn’t changed, and I’m still stuck in Bishkek. As there has been very little in the way of shenanigans to regale you with …
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Teaching Shakespeare, horse treks, lost glasses and sleeping in a bush
Mighty me look at that. I didn’t do one post for the entire month of April! What has become of me? Where am I? What sordid exploits have I been getting up to? What fulfilment have you possibly had in your lives without my constant barrage of barely entertaining drivel? Well my little cheeky chums, …
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Dangerous drives, dodgy coppers, devil dogs and dead goat polo
With the Chinese government being the capricious bastards that they are, there was little else to do but go off exploring this beautiful country, so partner in crime Alex and I loaded the wagon to trek part of the roof of the world to Kyrgyzstan’s second city. 620 KM away and taking TEN HOURS to get …
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China-China-China, Krygz dance recitals and abandoned Soviet factories
Everything’s a bit shit at the moment isn’t it? And by everything I mean the USA. And this blog post. Like many of you I’m honestly sick to the back teeth of hearing the name of Donald Trump, and seeing his chicken fillet face spout the words ‘China’ and ‘wall’ at mindless, brain-dead supporters shrieking …
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